Cashman said he is “not at all” optimistic because prices have been too high.

Didn’t that change in the 7th tonite ?

Crikey, you’re in first place, and you’re going to let your season go down the drain over a few millions ? Or settle on the hope that you have enough glide path to cling to the 2nd WC ? That would be such a nutpunch.

If Teix is legitimately injured then this season is house money.

Reed Johnson was traded away from the Cubs, I wish the Yankees is the unknown team that got him. He could replace Pena and platoon with Ichiro in LF. He kills lefties and is a great defender.

Dumb Cubs blogger notes:

Rumor: Brett Jackson and Reed Johnson packaged in same deal, team unknown

No, dummy, Brett Jackson was called up to REPLACE Johnson. Kind of obvious.

X-Rays negative for Teixeira!!!!!

I get that it is hard to acquire anyone decent as the Yankees GM without giving up the farm, but it can’t be quite as impossible as Cashman tends to make it appear.

Seeing the injury, I couldn’t believe it seriously broke his wrist. I am thrilled to know that that IS apparently the case.

If Tex is out for a while, then Johnson could be a big part of the team with Swisher playing 1b.

Reed Johnson will be a Yankee, I feel it.

X-Rays were negative for Gardner, too.

Ah, this makes more sense. Teix apparently hurt it last night against Boston on a swing. He just aggravated it more tonight. Sounds like he’ll miss a few games (before his wrist is then amputated).

I think Johnson is going to Detroit.

There was a funny bit on Twitter about Johnson. “It’s been eight minutes since Johnson was pulled and we don’t know where he’s been traded. Is this what it was like living in the 1800s?”

Most annoying part of the game, besides Tex’s injury, was the lead off double which just seemed to symbolize our recent futility. Runner up the runs Boonie allowed with 2 out and no one on.

Yes, it feels weird not to know where he’s going. The Yankees really need him

Tex out until mid September coincidentally the day we are eliminated from playoffs

Fuck. Johnson to the Braves. I am starting to hate Cashman. I really want him out of the team, even if they can find someone worse it’s not gonna be easy.

[15] Hey, we were competitive this year. For a while, I mean. That counts as success, right ?

Big George is rolling in his grave.

Cashman’s “I just can’t find any good trades” act IS grating, but I do believe that he is dealing with a pretty shitty situation. He can’t trade for anyone making long term money and he doesn’t have enough prospects to trade the few he has for the really good hitters. I mean, who is even out there that would seriously improve this team right now? Willingham would, but he’d cost an arm and a leg. Headley would, but he’d cost even more.

Reed Johnson is a lefty masher with excellent defense and he did not cost an arm or a leg.

[17] And there’s the rub.

Quall’s arms and Ichiro’s legs?

Reed Johnson is a lefty masher with excellent defense and he did not cost an arm or a leg.

The Braves got him and Maholm. I imagine that they traded a couple of their nice young pitching prospects. Do you know who they dealt for them?

[21] No, but wouldn’t be surprised if he cost just a little more than Ichiro, and he is much better.

The Braves got him and Maholm, so I imagine that they gave up something decent. Not one of their top minor league pitchers, but one of their promising Double A guys. The Braves have a lot of young decent pitching to deal, which makes it a lot easier for them to pick up guys. Ichiro was acquired for DJ Mitchell. I find it hard to believe the Braves won’t be parting with someone better than Mitchell.

17—do you guys think the extra wildcard (along with this year’s general compression) is making deadline deals harder to come by?

Yes, no doubt about it. The extra buyers have definitely driven the asking prices up.

Also, the increased league-wide revenues have made it so that teams like the Pirates and Athletics can actually spend SOME money at the deadline, making them bidders when they normally would not be.

See what I mean?

The Braves gave up Arodys freakin’ Vizcaino (plus Jaye Chapman) for Maholm and Johnson.

So yes, that is a LOT more than what the Yanks gave up for Ichiro.

And Vizcaino is, like, the seventh best young Braves pitching prospect (mostly because of his TJ surgery).

Epstein, meanwhile, is doing a great job. Delgado for Dempster (before Dempster fucked it up) and now Vizcaino for Maholm and Johnson? Pretty darn impressive.

If one run games are truly random the odds of losing 6 in a row are 63-1

Will Joba’s return move Phelps to pen?

So, Ichiro hit a home run? Dare I ask about the home run call?

Pirates acquire Travis Snider for Brad Lincoln.  Bummer, there goes my cheap pick-up LF/RF.

Brad Lincoln was the guy the Yanks almost got for Cervello, right?

[31] Something about the sun rising in the east. should have been west.

From It Is High!: “ICHIRO, THE YANKEES’ RISING SON, SAYS SAYONARA.”

Am I the only one who thinks that if Phelps starts the 7th last night the Yankees win? Right now this team is BORING. Frankie C is better than Stewart; DWise is better than Ichiro; Phelps is better than Garcia; I think that Cuban guy in Triple A may be better than some of the guys we’ve got. At least these guys will bring excitement. Maybe Joba throwin gas will? 

Then again, no team is as bad as they look during a losing streak. A skid where they’ve lost 8 of 11 while outscoring the opposition.

Isn’t Lyle Overbay on the wire? Seems like a decent stop gap if Teix is really hurting.

[36] A skid where they’ve lost 8 of 11 while outscoring the opposition.

Ugh.  The pitching has been pretty spot-on - but man, the offense is teh suck - especially with the injured hitters.  A-Rod isn’t Centaur these days, but he’s still better than Jayson Nix.  This little tailspin of Granderson is why I think he’ll be overpaid when the time comes.  If he’s not hitting homers, he’s not doing much else to cushion the blow of age related decline.

[37] Eh.  If he’s essentially free maybe.  Last year his wRC+ was 85.  This year it is 113, but a) in very limited time (110 PA) and b) with a .377 BABIP which is likely to come down.  And even then he’s on a full-season pace to be a 1.8 WAR player if he got 660PA, or basically a below average player.  Overbay is probably replacement level.  Again “for free” sure.  But otherwise they’re probably better off finding a better OF than what they have, and letting Swisher play 1B until Teix returns.  Potentially promote from within b/c Wise or Dickerson probably add as much/more than Overbay.  Or maybe this is what gets Cust (probably also equal/better) promoted.

[39] I’m thinking about a month’s worth of work, if we need it. Yeah, he’d have to be free. And he’s likely replacing either Nix or Ibanez. Swisher in RF, Ichiro in LF, Chavez at 3B, Overbay at 1B vice Ibanez in LF, Ichiro in RF, Chavez at 3B, Swisher at 1B or the same but with Swisher in the OF, Nix at 3B and Chavez at 1B.

If he’s not hitting homers, he’s not doing much else to cushion the blow of age related decline.

He’s definitely more and more become a 3-true outcomes type of player.  He’s still getting some triples and SB, but not as many as in the past.  IDK if he’s going to be overpaid, by the Yankees at least.  Someone may pay Granderson as a CF who hits 30+ HR a year.  The Yankees hopefully pay him as a LF who is a bit above average.  Tough to tell of course (and I hope they move him there next year), but he may be average defensively as a LF.  That would get him about 6 runs more than this year (CF worth 10 runs more than LF, but he’s currently about -16 in CF by UZR). 

So that would make him a 3-4 win player.  Say 4 wins in 2012.  Declining by .5 wins per year, has 2013-2016, he’d be average or better all 4 years, worth 11 wins over that time.  So maybe after this season instead of picking up the option, sign him to a 4/60 contract?  With where the Yankees are on the win-curve, that’s probably very fair.  If he’s willing to stay at 4 years but go higher on money, IDK 4/70 is probably an overpay, but not horrendously so.  He only needs to be about 2 wins better over the 4 years to justify it (money wise), and there would be some benefit in the cost-certainty.  But anything more than that, pick up the option, offer arbitration after 2013.  2014 at $13M (guessing that’s the arb number) is probably still a bargain, and buys time for the minor leaguers.  More likely get the extra pick.  I think going more than that is a mistake.

[40] Eh…I’d imagine Cust for the month can probably do what Overbay could, and would only cost a roster spot.  I imagine Overbay is mostly a platoon player now anyway, so we’d end up with like 4 different platoons.  If they don’t think Cust is the answer and would rather attack the right side of losing Teix (as a batter), I’d rather they promote Laird.  See if he’s just on a hot streak now or something has finally clicked.  If it’s clicked, when Teix comes back Laird is the right side (replacing Nix) of the 3B platoon, and enters into the equation for next season.  Potentially as a RF.  If Laird fails, probably won’t cost them any more wins than ANY downgrade from Teix, but saves a 40-man move, plus potentially the pieces used.

It’d be nice if Russell Branyan re-appeared from wherever he disappeared to.

But yeah, I’d think you can shift Swisher to 1B, put Ibanez in RF and DH Cust and get about the same thing you’d get out of Overbay.

[43] plus the best base running this side of Posada.